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VOL. XVIII. KINGSTON, CANADA, JAN. 22ND, 1891. No. 6.
Queen’s College Journal
Published by the Alma Mater Society of Queen’s Uni-
versity in TWELVE FORTNIUIITLY NUMBERS
during the Academic year.
James Binnik, M.A., - - Editor-in-Chief.
J. W. M 1: 1 rhea I), - - - Managing Editor .
A. K. Lavkll, - ihmnexK Manager.
The annual subscription is #1.00, payable before the
end of January.
All literary contributions should be addressed to the
Editor, Drawer 1104, Kingston, Out.
All communications of a business nature should be
addressed to the Business Manager.
WITH this number we present to our l eaders the
portrait of Rev. Dr. Ross, Professor in Apolo-
getics and N. T. Exegesis. His ability as a lecturer, his
gentlemanly and Christian bearing, and the warm sym-
pathy he manifests in the welfare of his students have
won for him their love and respect. A sketch of his life
will be found in another column.
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It is with p'easure that we present to our readers a por-
trait of our football team, which has so ably upheld the
honour of Queen’s during the past season. We are justly
proud of the boys who have proven themselves worthy of a
high place in football circles, and have shown the kind of
stuff Queen’s men are made of. 'I he Dominion Illustrated,
in presenting its readers with a picture of our team, says
of them : “It is true they are not champions of the
Ontario Union, but they occupy the next best place.
They play a strong, hard game, and in both their matches
they gave the Hamilton team all they could do. Their
first match with the champions was protested and the
match ordered to be played over again, but they were no
more fortunate in their second attempt, although it was
a magnificent struggle to the last. This club is among
the most enthusiastic supporters of the Rugby game, and
a great deal of the popularity of the game in the west is
due their efforts.”
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In our first number for this session we intimated that
we wished to make the Journal, as far as possible, a
bond of union between the students and graduates of
Queen’s.
We have heard it said in past years that the Journal
was not as interesting to the average graduate as it
might have been. We think this was to some extent
correct. We believe the same remark might be truthful-
ly made still. But on whom is the blame for this to be
laid? Can students be expected to look at things quite
from a graduate’s point of view ? We think not Being
anxious, however, to do what we could to make the
Journal as fully representative of both graduates and
students as possible, we intimated that we would be
pleased to receive articles of general interest from any
graduate. Hoping in this way to increase the interest of
the Journal for both graduates and students. We went
even further, and communicated privately with several
of the graduates who we thought would be most likely to
assist us. Our readers know how the graduates have
responded. So far only one article has been received,
and not half a dozen graduates have prorrrised articles.
To those who have done so we desire to express our
thanks and onr appreciation of the encouragements and
suggestions received. But we do not think the Journal
had a right to expect such a limited response, and in the
future if anyone says the Journal is not so inter esting to
graduates as it might be, we shall answer that the grad-
uates themselves are chiefly to blame for such a state of
affairs. If the graduates do not do something itt the line
suggested the Journal must become wholly a students’
paper.
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Irt a recent issue of the Kingston Whig an interesting
review was given of the Departmental examination
paper orr Geography submitted to candidates for en-
trance to the Collegiate Institute. The reviewer pointed
out that the reason why all the pupils were plucked is
found in the absurdly unsuitable character of tire paper-
given them. The fact that a readjustment of marks had
to be made irr order that all the candidates might not
lose the examination is an acknowledgement by the
authorities that the paper was unfair. Many of the
questions are simply puzzles, and the majority of them
do not deal with the subject. To place an unfair paper-
in the hands of pupils is certainly a grave mistake and
may lead to serious results. It does not give a fair test
of the pupil’s knowledge, and is almost certain to dis-
courage the honest worker, who finds himself outstripped
by others who know far less about the subject than he
but who are better at guessing. There is no examination
which means so much to the boy or girl or on which so
much depends as the entrance, and an unfair paper may
blight the future prospects of the most promising students.
The tendency of this class of papers is also to prevent the
true aim of education. Instead of striving to give the
pupils a thorough knowledge of the subject, the teacher
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— and we cannot blame him, for his success is generally
reckoned by the number of pupils who pass from his
school or department -will be tempted to drill them on
questions in line with those asked on the subject, and
thus make them expert at guessing. We write thus be-
cause we believe that the paper here mentioned is an
aggravated type of a large class of examinatmn papers
with which the present generation of Canadians is af-
flicted. An examination paper which deals fairly with
the subject, which confines itself within the limits of the
subject and is unmistakable in its meaning, subserves the
aim for which it was intended ; but a paper of any other
nature, while it is an injustice to pupils at the same
time shows either the ignorance or conceit of the
examiner.
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“ In addressing partisan meetings of this kind (public
political meetings,) men who are themselves actively
engaged in the war of parties and deeply interested in its
results, are under a strong temptation to use all possible
means to ruise themselves and to damage their opponents
in the opinion of their hearers. Accordingly, in most of
the speeches delivered on these occasions, whether by
Conservatives, Liberal Unionists, or Home Rulers, there
is seldom to be found much of fairness to opponents, or
of calm reasoning on the political questions of the day,
but a great deal of skilful misrepresentation, and of tell-
ing appeals to men’s feelings and passions for or against
measures which the speakers desire to recommend or to
disparage.” This quotation from an article by the Right
Hon. Earl Urey, in the Nineteenth Century for December,
seems to us so particularly appropriate to Canadian
politics (by simply making the necessary change in the
names of political parties) that we desire to call special
attention to it. No one can seriously deny the correct-
ness of the characterization as applied to campaign
speeches in Canada, and we think all will agree with the
author when he continues — “Public meetings thus con-
ducted can hardly fail to exercise a bad moral influence
over both the speakers and the hearprs.” No doubt the
appeal to “feelings and passions” appears to secure the
end quicker and easier than an appeal to reason ; but we
should see that the only way to secure permanent con-
victions is by an appeal to reason. In such a case it is
certain that “the longest way round is the quickest way
home.”
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The Senate of Toronto University has at length come
to the conclusion that the plan brought forward some
years ago by Professor Dupuis, and urged repeatedly by
Principal Grant, of a leaving High School examination in
lieu of the matriculation examination, will promote the
best interests of education in Ontario, and in connection
with tbe Department of Education has adopted a method
to bring this plan into immediate oper ation. A board of
eight members, four appointed by the Senate of Toronto
and four by the Minister of Education, controls the exam-
ination and has power to select sub-examiners. This
step will be hailed as a boon by the over wrought High
School teacher who frequently has had almost double
work to perform in preparing pupils for matriculation to
different colleges. In lessening the extent of work to be
done a much better quality may be expected. It is to be
hoped then that the standard of the leaving examination
will be made much higher than the existing standard of
matriculation in either Toronto, Queen’s, or any of the
Ontario Universities. The leaving examination will no
doubt be accepted by all the other Universities besides
Toronto. The direct benefit to colleges will be relief
from the work of examining matriculants. The greatest
advantage, however, will come indirectly through the
High Schools. A much better quality of work may be
expected from them, and as a consequence pupils will be
better prepared to take up University work, and Univer-
sities, instead of devoting much time and energy to work
that ought to be done in the High School, will devote
themselves purely to work that only a University can do.
This ideal may not be reached for some years to come,
yet by the means adopted we shall certainly move
towards it more rapidly than before.
LiTer?ATUf?e.
SONG,
U V A <;_UAJ>UATE OF QUEEN'S.
0 college days, sweet college days,
How7 oft my saddened spirit prays
In tangled maze, in sorrow sore
For your return, sweet days of yore !
Bright days of youth so full of fire,
When hope and joy did life inspire —
Light days when time ran glad and free,
When earth seemed but to bloom for me.
■Sweet, balmy days when rest was mine,
When love was clinging as a vine —
When music’s flow my soul did thrill,
When sweet ambition led my will.
Proud days when honor crowned my brow,
Past days which seem so dreamy now,
When all was love, when all gave praise,
Oh happy days, sweet happy days !
Days when my genius seemed to soar,
When fame unlocked her treasure store—
Blithe fleeting days whose gladsome glee,
Such charm, such comfort lent to me.
Glad days forever gone from earth.
Fond days of fellowship and mirth —
Sweet days when friends so true and dear,
From distant land were gathered near.
Sweet days when youth and beauty met,
Whose subtle charm enchants me yet
O sunny days that knew no sigh,
Too happy far, to fair to die —
Departed days, for whose return
So oft I sigh, so oft I yearn,
So well I loved, where’er I be,
Your blithesome beams will follow me.
Heloise.
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THINE EYES.
In dreamland once, I wandered all alone,
Where all the forest trees great raindrops wept
In sullen silence ; tears that soon were swept
Away unpitied. E’en the night wind’s moan
Was hushed by murmurs of some swollen stream,
That rolled the fallen rainclouds through the night :
Till in its deeper waters shone the light
' Of Heaven’s stars. Then soon their silvery gleam
Was dimmed : a flush of brighter glory shone
Above the clouds, and o’er a stream of gold,
The moonbeams, stealing, kissed me while they told
Such tales of love, that I awoke. Twas dawn.
Moonbeams, dream-flashes from those eyes of thine,
Were drowned in purer light : thine eyes met mine.
. Redcliefe.
Kingston, Dee. 27th, 1890.
SELECTIONS FROM NASSAU LITERARY
MAGAZINE.
THE TWO ANSWERS.
I asked a maid with a fair young face
The hue of the flower that men call love ;
She smiled and blushed with a sweet, shy grace
And eyes like the blue above.
“ White — snow-white,
And it blooms at night,
As well in the dark as the day —
Hid in the shadow or out in the light —
And best of all, it knows no blight,
And it never fades away '! ”
1 asked a woman out in the street,
Clothed in misery, want and shame ;
Her face was defiant and hard — not sweet —
Like a rose held in the flame.
‘ Red — blood-red,
Is the flower,” she said,
“ And its leaves are sin-color^ though fair,
It cannot live and grow in the lieijal,
So it springs up in the heart instead
And kills the white flowers there.”
George P. Wheeler.
THE CHANGING.
1 he ocean never rests ;
In the gleam of sunlight fair,
And the silvery light of the moon,
There is ebbing and flowing there,
As the changing waves come in, they roar
On the sands of a changing shore.
In a ceaseless, restless throb.
When the evening zephyrs play,
The dancing ripples sparkle and leap
In the dying light of the day ;
They toss and break all thro’ the night,
And toss in the morning’s light.
Man’s life is like the sea :
In its moods of restless peace,
In its scenes of calm and storm,
Its movements never cease.
And it reaches out from shore to shore,
Prom the Now to the Evermore.
Time and change must die ;
No more shall the black waves foam,
Nor the hurricane move the deep,
When the wearied soul comes home ;
For at death the dark’ning waters flee
And peace broods on the sea.
COURTLANDT PATTERSON BUTLER.
MEMORY.
Sadly from out the belfry old,
The death-knell of the year has tolled,
And on the echo of those peals,
Within my heart swift memory steals,
And leads me back o’er travelled ways,
Thro’ vistas of the dead year’s days,
To scenes and deeds whose stamp must be
Unchanged throughout Eternity.
Once more I feel the summer’s blaze —
The magic of its golden days ;
Once more I feel the autumn’s chill
And shrouded winter’s wayward will —
I see again the castles fair,
Alas, too often built in air ;
The joys and sorrows, hopes and fears,
Mosaics in the fane of years.
And "gently led by memory dear,
Half wonderingly I see and hear
The treasured look, the sweet-toned word
That on my soul-harp softly stirred
The sleeping music of a string —
A note one touch alone could bring.
* * * * *
The lire is dead ; a ruddy ray
Announces “ I am New Year’s Day.”
Charles B. Newton.
BOOKS.
Life of Browning by William Sharp. Great Writers
Series. Soudan, W alter Scott.
Students, who are interested in Browning, will find
this a delightful volume. Browning’s death is too recent
for an exhaustive personal biography, and no such work
has been attempted. But rarely has a poet lived so ideal
a poetic life, rarely has he shown purer and more single-
hearted devotion to the mission entrusted to him ; and
this makes the story of Browning’s life an inspiration
and help. Mr. Sharp’s book admirably brings this out.
The book is the study of a poet, not a man. His life is
counted, not by years but by poems, and the poems are
considered as parts of the one great whole which makes
Browning’s works ” not a book but a literature.”
And yet, though so thoroughly and professedly literary
a picture of the poet, a vivid picture of his intense per-
sonality, of his rich and varied nature, and of his genial
liberality is given. We do not see the inner life and
struggles of the poet, but we have a picture of him as he
was to the world around him. To those about him his
life must have been an inspiration of no common order,
and this circle is indefinitely increased by this book.
As a rapid and well-proportioned picture of a poet soul,
the work deserves high praise. The criticism is keen
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and tine — though somewhat badly expressed — and con-
cerns itself, not with line by line studies, but with
general outlines. But perhaps we cannot do better than
insert a few ([notations which will speak for themselves :
“ Already (at twenty) he had set himself to the analysis
of the human soul in its manifold aspects ; already he
had recognized, that for him at least, there was no other-
study worthy of a life-long devotion. In a sense he has
fulfilled this early dream ; at any rate we have a unique
series of monodramatic poems illustrative of typical
souls. In another sense the major portion of Browning’s
life-work is, collectively, one monodramatic “ epic.” He
is himself a type of the subtle, restless, curious, search-
ing modern age of which he is the profoundest interpre-
ter. Through a multitude of masks he, the typical soul,
speaks, and delivers himself of a message which could
not be pr esented emphatically enough as the utterance of
a single individual. He is a true dramatic poet, though
not in the sense in which Shakespeare is. Shakespeare
and his kindred project themselves into the lives of their
imaginary personages. Browning pays little heed to
external life, or to the exigencies of action, and projects
himself into the minds of his characters. In a word,
Shakespeare’s method is to depict a human soul in action,
with all the pertinent play of circumstance, while Brown-
ing’s is to portray the processes of its mental and spirit-
ual development."
“Occasionally he took long walks into the countr y. One
particular- pleasure was to lie beside a hedge, or sleep in
meadow grasses, or under a tree, as circumstances attd
the mood concurred, and there to give himself so abso-
lutely to the life of the moment that even the shy birds
would alight close by, and sometimes venturesomely
poise themselves on suspicious wings for a brief space
upon his recumbent bcldy. He saw and watched every-
thing, the bird on the wing, the snail dragging its shell
up the pendulous woodbine, the bee adding to his golden
treasure as he swung in the bells of the campanula, the
green fly darting hither* and thither like an animated
seedling, the spider weaving her gossamer from twig to
twig, the woodpecker heedfully scrutinising the lichen
on the gttarled oak bole, the passage of the wind through
leaves or across grass, the motions aird shadows of the
clouds, and so forth. These were his golden holidays. ”
A very useful feature is the complete bibliographies
given in the appendix. The student can there find a
complete list of all that Browning ever published, and
all ever published about hint, and this cannot but prove
extremely useful. We hope there will be many students
who will not grudge the thirty-five cents needed to add
this book to their library. C. F. H.
POEMS OFTEN TEARS.
During the past two years Canadian literature has
been steadily gaining strength. All the provinces have
contributed largely, but none more ably than the sea-
girt, snow-burdened Province of New Brunswick. One
of its latest productions is “Poems of Ten Tears,” by
Matthew Richey Knight, a dainty little volume possess-
ing a great deal of poetic power, and full of poetic prom-
ise. Mr. Knight is not totally unknown to the western
world of Canada, as he has been a frequent contributor to
“ The Week," and, we are glad to learn, has had several
poems lately accepted bv leading American journals.
The first thing that attracts the reader in this little
volume is the powerful, touching dedication. In it there
is no striving to express himself as prettily as possible ;
the heart speaks to the spirit heart that has been the
inspiration of so much of the poet’s verse. This poem so
well illustrates Mr. Knight’s genius that a quotation
would not be out of place :
“No song of thine can reach the spirit ear ;
No plaining note can draw the spirit tear,
Nor page of thee to spirit eye appear.
“ The soul of thee alone its way can press
Through sensuous veil to her unearthiness
And know, not hear, that lips of silence bless.”
Mr. Knight has the story telling faculty to no small
degree, and in his narrative poem, St. Christopher,
Nintoku Tenno, etc., well sustains the story, and shows
himself possessed of considerable fluency of language.
While he is not strong fiom the dramatic side, he oc-
casionally has a verse of great dramatic force :
“ Offer then
Mixed in the host of weaker men
And brought the fire and force of ten.”
It needs no careful reading of this book to see that the
poet is a loyal Briton. His “ Canada to England,” “ A
Welcome,” “ An Ode,” are all tributes laid at the feet of
the throne. While in these poems Mr. Knight shows a
fair lyrical movement and good control of his verbal
material, still he is beneath himself. To sing well a poet
must have a thorough grip of his subject. Royalty is
not sufficiently far removed from us in this age to be a fit
subject for a poem. We are in the habit of criticising
kingly institutions too freely, and having our eyes too
well opened to tile fact that only in so far as these is
authority are morally and spiritually better than we are,
are they worthy of our praise ? When we sing the song
of kings we must have a trembling doubt in our hearts
that they are not worthy of our unrestrained praise, and
our readers must feel that our verses, that depict the
quiet love of wife or sister whom we know, are of far
greater value.
The tribute to Thomas Carlyle is worthy of a second
reading. The spirit of the Seer of Scotland is truly
grasped and depicted .-
“ He stood against all sham and show
In church and mart —
My soul, though bitter, it is well to know
All that thou art :
So mayst thou do thy part.”
Mr. Knight is not only a poet, but a prose writer of
considerable power. He has just issued the first number
of a monthly journal ; it is an enthusiastically patriotic
sheet, and contains articles by many of the best known
and ablest Canadian writers.
T. G. Marquis.
REV. DONALD ROSS, B.D., D.D.,
PROFESSOR OF APOLOGETICS AND NEW TESTAMENT CRITICISM.
QUEEN’S COLLEGE JOURNAL.
REV. DONALD ROSS, B.D., D D.
Ihe subject of our present illustration is of Celtic
origin, his forefathers having been Scottish Highlanders.
His grandparents were among the pioneers of the County
of Glengarry, and at Martintown, in this county, he first
saw the light on the second of December, 1837. As his
parents spoke the language of Adam and Eve, the be-
loved (belie of the Highlander, so the child spoke no
other language until after he was four years of age, at
which time he entered the district school and began to
learn English At the early age of eight he commenced
the study of Latin and Geometry, and his love for these
subjects lias continued to the present day. He attended
the school pretty regularly until the age of fifteen, at
which very early age he was found to he so proficient
that lie was appointed Master of the same school. Here
he continued teaching and studying for four years, at the
expiration of which he matriculated into Queen’s Univer-
sity, obtaining the Trustees’ Scholarship, the only one
then established. This was in 1857.
From Queen's, after a splendid course, he graduated in
1860, and thence giving his study to Theology, he won
the honor of being the first person who received the
degree of H. D. from that Institution. This was in 1863.
In Feb. 1864, Mr. Ross, who was then a clergyman,
was called to take charge of the Greek and Latin classes
in Queen’s, the chair of which had become vacant for
reasons which need not be here mentioned.
l’he wiiter’s personal acquaintance with the Rev. Mr.
Ross, dated from this time, and he well remembers how
much that gentlemanly scholar was beloved by all the
students under his charge. During parts of the years
]8b4 and I8(k>, Mr. Ross travelled in Europe to fulfil the
condition of the Theological Fellowship to which he
was elected. Owing to the illness of Prof. Mackerras,
and during his necessary absence in Italy for a session,
Mr. Ross was again called to take charge of the Classical
Department, and he again discharged his duties to the
satisfaction of all. This 'was in 1874-ii.
As a clergyman he was settled in the charge of Chat-
ham and Grenville, in October 1871), and in this charge
he found considerable leisure for the prosecution of his
favorite studies. From this charge he was translated to
Lachine, in 1S76.
In session 1882-3 he delivered, with great success, a
course of Apologetics in Queen’s, and at the completion
of this course, in April of 1883, he was appointed to the
(.hair of Apologetics and New Testament Exegesis, a
chair which he has since filled with great honor to him-
self and great benefit to the Theological students under
his instruction. A couple of years ago the McGill Uni-
versity, of Montreal, did an honor to itself by conferring
the degree of I). D. on Prof. Ross.
Dr. Ross is certainly a warm-hearted, sympathetic
man in the best sense of the words. He has a splendid
physique and a well-cultured and well-balanced mind,
and no person can become really acquainted with him
without profiting by the acquaintance. During the many
years that the writer has known him he has been a model
student with all his studiousness tempered by moral
goodness and becoming modesty.
No person can know Dr. Ross and not love him, and
the sincere wish of the writer is that he may he spared
for many yearb to adorn the Theological Department of
Queen s, and that lie may also he spared in as great
measure as possible, those troubles and afflictions which
are too prone to fall to the lot of suffering humanity.
GOLLGGG JNGWS.
THE MUSEUM.
THE increasing number of visitors to the Museum
proves that it is becoming more attractive to the
general public every year. During the excursion season
strangers from neighboring towns and cities make a point
of visiting it and examining its objects of interest or
curiosity. Every session some new additions and attrac-
tions are visible, by which its usefulness is largely aug-
mented. The Herbarium has been improved by the ad-
dition of over five hundred new specimens of plants,
which have been mounted and arranged for consultation,
and students may now be seen every day examining
these materials which have been furnished for their use.
The collection of the dowering plants of Ontario is now
almost complete, only a few of the rare specimens being
lacking. The Ferns and their allies, and also the Mosses
are well represented, and a good beginning has been made
in the collection of the lower forms of vegetation. In
addition to these there are several thousands of species
representing the Flora of the United States, Europe,
Asia, Australia, and other regions, so that the Botanical
student can now make himself familiar with the principal
families of plants found in the civilized regions of the
globe. The increasing demand for Science Masters in
our High Schools anil Collegiate Institutes makes the
Herbarium an important department of our educational
equipment.
We are sorry to notice that the collections of the Zoolog-
ical department are not keeping pace with the others.
This, however, is easily accounted for by the fact that the
procuring and preserving of animals is attended with diffi-
culty and expense. The work of collecting and prepar-
ing Herbarium specimens is much easier and more pleas-
ant than that of hunting and mounting any of the wild
animals of the forest. Besides, very few of those, whose
tastes lead them to collect and examine flowers, have any
inclination to destroy the lives of the animals that may
come within their reach, The larger animals of our
country are now becoming rare and difficult to procure,
and it is exceedingly desirable that some of our many
friends should make an effort to supply us with speci-
mens before they become extinct or unattainable. Can
no one furnish us with a Black Bear, a Beaver, a Deer, a
Moose, a Lynx, or even our native mice ? We want
some companions for our White Bear and Caribou. A
collection of Snakes, Lizards, etc. , from Panama, present-
ed by Miss Merrill, of Picton, a few weeks ago, is one of
the attractions of this department.
The collections of Minerals and Rocks have been largely
increased during the past year. The specimens received
from .the estate of the late Rev. Thomas Bousfield have
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been mostly arrange,], a.ul fill up many of the gaps that the frontier, and in spite of the McKinley Bill a few
.list , t7Ur H en thC Wh0lU SBI'iCS haS b6en faUhful ^yterian. from Dakota make their way to
distil bated in their appropriate positions, the Minera- the meetings. In this field like YVinkw rh , '
logical department will present very respectable facilities preaching stations. It is cut into two sections by the
for study. I he Curator secured a large number of useful Souris river, on each side of which there are Lee
and valuable specimens last summer, which serve to stations. One Presbyterian and two union Sunday
bring our senes of Uurentian rocks nearer to comple- Schools are kept open during the greater part' of the
eraL ^ ^nun'her^sP80168 are 8tiU (W' Alamada> most important staVion, has a
The department of Palaeontology received a valuable eighty or a hundred people. ThrL^ot^serWce^are
addition from the Museum of the Geological and Natural held in school houses and two in private houses
History Survey at Ottawa. Many of the species are Those fields are very thinly settlL as tL are far
from the Cretaceous formations of the North-West, and from railroads and other conveniences ’ Man! who have
icliei e a lo„g>lt want. I hey are authoritatively named, homesteaded land and secured their patents have return
^!.;reN h“wT rlua-,le/or the »»*« * ed * <*•* ,*«. to j:;:
y- ' y the Palaso/oic formations are now ment of the country. Although a large percentage of the
represented in our collections, and the student is enabled people are Presbyterians, it is difficult to find tery mat
oh am a dearer view of the ancient life of the globe around one station, as there are as n,an„LL I f
than he could possibly secure by any amount of reading illations' represented in each field ; hut almost a 1
V e are, however, sadly deficient in the higher classes of welcome the Missionary to their midst and ho s show
fossils, and in casts representing the Fauna of the him the greatest degree of respect Id m L L
ertiary ages. Will any kind friend furnish us with a are regular attendants at his services. ’ ' "
Mastodon oi with any of his contemporaries’ Tetnm- The f*t ,
f . , , . J “H^ituies . i^ec orn J^ne gieat majority of the people are from fln+nrm D.ni
nen s remember that our wants are increasing more are by no means an inferior sample of Ontario people
rapidly than onr resources, and that we look to them to Many of them are persevering young men who have cl
cumstanees, and although they have to encounter the
_ . . many difficulties and drawbacks incident'll to
OUR WESTERN MISSIONS. life, they meet them bravely and eheeS w hile t ey
Our College Missionary Association has hitherto sup- have as yet little encouragement besides the In re proT
ported three missions in the west, one in Manitoba and pent of better times. The great drawback esp edX Z
wo in the N. W. Territory. The first of these, Waskada, the N. W.T., is the want of a railroad Lh^C m
is about twenty miles square, extending along the promised them, and for which they have been waiting
American border from twenty miles west of Deloraine, since ’82. Between distance from markets, losses from
e western terminus of the Pembina branch of the C.P. frosts, hail, drouth, and other inclemencies of’ a capricious
t ;,:v't i,;:,tTenty''ive mi,e8,,f the N'w/i- di,iiate- ^ - ye* fa,- zriz :
In this field there are four preaching stations, where The people, however, appreciate the efforts of the W
season' f°rt,ilght^ ServIUCS ara held (luring the summer Nation and its friends, and cheerfully contribute, perhaps
• aud as they are not very far apart many are more, according to their means, than we do in tile east
enabled to attend different stations on alternate Sundays, But if we do onr part now, and keep up those mi
and thus have weekly services. There are no churches until the place becomes better developed and settled T
in he field and the services are held in small but com- is, surely, not too much to hope that L i ficlL h
fortablesehoo houses. A union and two Presbyterian come not one but many self supporUng L grZio L
Sunday Schools are kept up all summer, in all of which a seeing that the three fields compile a greater aret tin
not6 very Urge. ^ ^ 10U8h th<! attel,dance is a11 o{ ‘he seven Provinces of the Dominion. The moral
'Vi afl'n n , , . condition of the Western States should be to us a warn
H e next field called after its most important station, iug not to neglect the west in its infancy This Vear the
\ nlaw, ,s about thirty miles square, lying al80 along Association has taken up two additional fields v I
the American border. It lies in the N.W.T. about Grenfell aud Ravenswood, both in the N W T of which
twenty miles west ot the Manitoba boundary line, and is an account may be given later on. ^ ^ ' ' ' ' °h
cut in several places bv a small stream called the Antler. - .
There are six stations where fortnightly services are held! THE TREASURER'S REPORT
two,,, Presbyterian churches, three in school houses, Since the last annual report of' 'the Missionary Asso, i,
and one in a private house. Sunday Schools are kept open, tion was published, April 12th 1890 the follol
although the Missionary cannot give them much atten- summary P ’ 6 toll°WmS 18 a
ti°n, as his time and energies are pretty well spent by home missions.
preaching three times a Sunday, and riding from fifteen Liabilities SI 427 ’ll
to twenty miles over rough prairie. The services in ReuelPts ’762 62
this field are well attended and appreciated. Raluma t n , , . — ■
Adjacent to this field, and of much the same extent In , "T If,0'" Apnl Uth ® 664 89
and character, is the Alameda field, lying almost along Treasu"r" l°“S " '°U d *° James (Jattanach* B A- >
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FOREIGN MISSIONS.
Liabilities $1,313 75
Receipts — Ur. Bell, to date $195 00
Rev. A. H. Scott, Perth, up
to Dec. 12th, ’90 194 47
$ 389 47
Balance by April 11th . $ 924 28
Contributions should be sent to Rev. Deo. Bell, LL.l). ,
Treasurer of F. M.
ADDITIONS TO THE LIBRARY.
ENGLISH.
Arnold i\l. Essays in Criticism, 1st and 2nd series.
Mixed Essays.
Culture and Anarchy.
Study of Celtic Literature.
On Translating Homer.
Browning R. Selections, 2 vols.
Skeat. Principles of Etymology.
Carlyle. Works, 14 vols.
Coleridge. Biographia Literaria, 2 vols.
Tennyson. Poetical Works.
Arber. Old English Re-prints, 12 vols.
Nichal. Tables of American Literature.
Rossetti D. G. Works, 2 vols.
Stapfer. Shakespeare and Classical Antiquity.
Stedman. Victorian Poets.
Gosse. Shakespeare to Pope.
Collier. Payne. English Dramatic Poetry, 3 vols.
Dobson Eighteenth Century Essays.
Chesterfield. Works.
Bacon Essays by Selby.
Lowell. My Study Windows.
Matzner. Altenglische Sprachproben, 3 vols.
Lowell. Among my Books.
Hawthorne. The House of the Seven Gables.
Ransome. Short Studies of Shakespeare’s Plots.
Browne. Notes on Shakespeare’s Versification.
Andreas. Edit by Basket will.
Beowulf. Trans by Garnett.
Elene. “ “
Gum mere. Handbook of Poetics.
Norton. Correspondence between Goethe and Carlyle.
Hewlett. Post Norman Britain.
Rhys. Celtic Britain.
Scrath. Roman Britain.
Hunt, Norman Britain.
Thackery. Complete Works, 27 vols.
Johnson’s Lives of the Poets. Edit, by M. Arnold.
Fatheringham. Studies in the Poetry of R. Browning.
Corson. Introduction to Browning.
Wall. Sordello’s Story.
Ward. The English Poets, 4 vols.
Morley H. English Writers, 2 vols.
Roberts. In Divers Tones.
Bede. Ecclesiastical History.
Anglo Saxon Chronicle
Sweet. Anglo Saxon Reader.
Morris. Historical Outlines of English Accidence.
Elementary Lessons in English Grammar.
Abbott. Shakespearean Grammar.
Dowden. Shakespeare.
Taylor. Words and Places.
Chaucer. Prologue (by Skeat.)
Minor Poems (by Skeat.)
Second Middle English Primer.
Primer of Spoken English.
Second Anglo Saxon Reader.
Sweet. History of English Sounds.
Mermaid Series of Old English Dramatists, 15 vols.
THE ROYAL.
The .Esculapian Society has done much for the students
already, but we would call attention to one abuse that
sorely needs remedying. This is the custom still adhered
to of students offering themselves for positions of honor
in the college. As pleasure sought for its own sake is
never attained, so honor sought as an end of action when
gained is never true honor. It loses its chief element in
being solicited. A modest opinion of one’s own worth is
a necessary constituent of high estimation in the eyes of
others. The student who voluntarily offers himself for a
position of honor must be content to sacrifice much that
is worth having. He further must suffer from indignities
heaped upon him who do not care to give what is asked.
But the men most deserving of honor from his fellows are
hot often the men who will step down to this lower level.
The man of greatest worth will not push to the front
under such circumstances. But the disadvantages to the
students who are asked to bestow this favor are even
greater. It is a difficult and altogether unpleasant task
to tell one of two friends that his opponent is more
worthy of or more competent to fill the position sought.
When honestly done it is very liable to create enmity on
the part of one, and when effort is made to avoid this it
is usually at the expense of truth — a promise being made
which is never intended to be kept. It may happen that
neither candidate has any real claim to the honor and he
that would venture to nominate a third person, is hence-
forth considered the enemy of both the former.
The honorary positions at the disposal of the students
are the various offices in our different societies or repre-
sentatives of the college to re-unions of other colleges.
If the man who asks to be elected is not competent to
fill an important office in a society, can that society do
good work it he is elected V
Again, when the reputation of the college in the eyes
of the students of other colleges rests with our elected
representative, can we expect that reputation to be sus-
tained with most honor to us when the fittest man to
sustain it is not chosen V Should not the man most
worthy be the choice pf the students as a body ? Let
him be elected on his merit — presented if necessary by
his friends, and not by the majority of the votes of the
new men who promised a vote without knowing anything
of the fitness of the candidate. If the strong feeling of
the students is not sufficient to prevent unworthy men
from nominating themselves, could not some method of
regulating this be adopted by the college society '!
Mr. E. — Mr. Chairman, I call you to order. If you
would speak to the motion you must leave the chair.
Chairman — Order, gentlemen, I’m speaking.
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If you ever want any help in the operating room, Jack,
you McColl on me.[ — A. K.
If the supply was equal to the demand, I would soon
have a great beard. As it is, I must be content to cover
my chin by letting in the light above. — J. E. Me.
Some of our stray lambs have returned to the fold The
Register has added to it the familiar names of H. Denant,
W. H. Bourns, B. E. Black, A. Crafts, E Melville and
J. Fowkes.
THE MEDICAL DINNER.
The medicos held their annual dinner at the Hotel
Frontenac on the evening of the nineteenth of last month.
About two hundred students were present.
Among those present were the professors of the Royal,
Dr. Moore, President of the Ontario Medical Council,
and delegates from other Medical Colleges. The time
before dinner was passed pleasantly in singing songs until
about nine o’clock, when dinner was served. Mr.
Meacham, of the fourth year, was chairman. The first
toast was “ The Queen,” after which the students sang
“The Maple Leaf Forever.” The second toast, “The
Royal and Her Faculty,” was proposed by A. E. McColl,
B.A. “ Our Guests” was proposed by VV. A. Empey,
and responded to by Mayor Drennan, Rev. VV. \V. Car-
son and others. This was followed by a song, “ The
Tale of Two Belles,” by H. A. Patkyn. “ The Ontario
Medical Council” was proposed by Hon. Dr. Sullivan.
Dr. Moore responded. “The Ladies” was proposed by
J. W. White, responded to by N. C. Raymond and J. T.
Kennedy. “Seeing Nellie Home” was sung by E. B.
Echlin, B.A. “The Undergraduates” was proposed by Dr.
Moore, and responded to by Dr. Ryan for the seniors,
R. S. Minnes, M A., on behalf of the third year, J. H.
Cormack for second year, and Mr. Allan for the first
year. Then followed a solo, “Vive LaCompanie,” which
was rendered by N. C. Raymond. The next toast was
“The Press,” Dr. Sullivan responded, and reviewed the
history of the college. He also gave some good advice to
the students. The different members of the faculty a'so
made short addresses. “The Sister Institutions” were
proposed by E. B. Echlin, B.A., and responded to by the
delegates. Then followed a song by the students,
“ Soldier’s Farewell.” Mr. VV. F. Wood proposed “ Our
Societies.” Mr. Robinson responded for the Alma
Mater, Mr. Ryan for the rEsculapian Society. The
toast, “ Queen’s University,” was proposed by J. E. Me-
Cuaig, and drank to the relay, “ Here’s to Good Old
Queen’s.” Rev. J. Mackie responded in a very witty
speech. Mr. Mackie’s speech was followed by two solos
the first entitled “Upidee,” by Mr. N. Raymond, the
second, “The Freshman’s Fate,” by E. B. Echlin, B.A.
The gathering then broke up after having spent a very
pleasant evening.
COLLEGE NOTES.
John, there is a broken bench in the Hebrew Class
Room.
The Senate and Student’s bulletin boards have been
moved.
Why don’t the Curators get a few more files for the
reading room ?
During the holidays quite a number of new cupboards
were made. Thanks.
Several of the students made their debut on the ice
recently, among them a prominent divinity.
Any one desiring extra copies or back numbers of the
Journal please whisper to Hugo.
A promising Soph, recommends a careful perusal of
Wordsworth’s “ Ode to Old Mortality.”
1 he Journal staff would like to know why a little
heat could not sometimes visit the Sanctum.
Drop a dollar into the slot ami see the business man-
ager smile. No trouble to make out receipts.
The following entered after Xmas : Messrs. H. Spencer,
VV. Moffatt, C. Bennett, A. F. Grant and H. Burns.
On severing his connection with his class, Tutor G. W.
Mitchell, B.A., was presented with a gold-headed cane.
Sam Burns, Paul Pergau, .John A. Gillies, in Arts, and
Nat. Stephens and Alex. Robertson, in Medicine, have
returned.
Miss L. R. White, of ’92, has been seriously ill for
some time, but we are glad to say that she hopes soon to
be at work again.
Junior (showing a Freshman some rare ferns) — “You
know you could appreciate these a great deal better if
you had studied Geology.”
The following adopted the ancient mode of loco-
motion in getting back to work : Hugh Ross, Dan
Strachan and E. J. Rattee.
Wanted daily -A few coppers (smooth preferred) to
put down men’s backs. Contributions thankfully re-
ceived by T. R. S — t, John Sli p, and John Fr-s-r.
Wan ted— A tutor on heat for the Apologetics Class
Room. Applications must be in by February 1st. All
applicants must present their certificates to John.
W e noticed in a late issue of the Whig that “the
Minister of Education had appointed John Miller, B.A.,
Deputy-Minister of Education.” Is this our John ?
The lady students suggest an immediate and constant
application of Koch s preparation as a possible means of
resuscitating the Glee Club. The noble “half a Glee
Club only” excepted.
It is with great pleasure that the girls, especially those
of the class of ’92, welcome back Miss Josie Wright.
They had fears that she was going to forsake them, as
Miss McManus has done.
If, about this time, you visit a “Divinity” in his den,
and find him surrounded by Lexicons, Commentaries,
Hebrew Psalters, etc., with his hair dishevelled, and a
look in his eye not quite divine, he may be writing a
critical exercise on a passage of Scripture in the original
tongue, or elaborating a beautiful Greek Exegesis.
Whichever it is, you had better retire and close the door
softly behind you.
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The postmaster will give out the Journal to the
students.
l’rofs. Dupuis and Fletcher, Dr. Knight, E. 0. Sliter,
M.A., J. E. Burgess, M.A., have been appointed sub-
examiners for the leaving examination.
At the first of the session we feared that the ladies of
the Freshman class would be compelled to say to each
other like the raisins in a rice pudding, “Here am I,
where are you ?" Only three of them putting in an ap-
pearance in October. However, some weeks later Miss
Boddy came upon the scene, and now their number has
been materially increased by two more recruits, Miss
Nelson, of Wilton, and Miss Odell, of Belmont.
The lectures on Old Testament introduction this ses-
sion are evincing an unusual amount of interest among
the students. The Professor has been dealing principally
with the Rationalistic Critics, and has laid bare their
inconsistencies and weak points in a clear and conclusive
manner. It is to be regretted that more extensive notes
of these valuable lectures cannot be taken by the
students. As it is, only a few of the leading points of
the lectures can be secured by the most adept at taking
notes.
The Olee and Banjo Clubs, assisted by Mr. Connery,
gave a concert at Fredericksburgh on Friday, the last
day -of classes. A very pleasant time was spent by all,
notwithstanding the fact that Father time succeeded in
gathering in twelve golden hours between the time of
setting out and that of returning. On the following
Tuesday,/ those of the Olee Club who were still in the
city, were gathered together on very short notice and
drove (?) to Olenvale. Here a very creditable entertain-
ment was given to an appreeia ive audience. If we may
be pardoned for singling out one from the number, for
all did well, we would congratulate Mr. Nickle, who ap-
peared before the public as a chorister for the first time.
We admire his — nerve.
All subscriptions' must be paid In by
tbe end of January.
PERSONALS.
Rev. Rod McKay is settled in Douglass.
Norman Grant, B.A., has opened an office in Halifax.
W. F. McClement, B.A., ’88, is teaching in Ingersoll.
Dr. McLaughlin has removed from Harrowsmith to
Morrisburg.
Pete Parker, B.A., ’88, gives instruction in Classic lore
in Orangeville.
Dr. McPherson, ’90, is practising in Dexter, Jefferson
Co., New York.
We are sorry that F. A. McRae, ’92, has to quit work
for the session. Hope to see you back soon, F. A.
Dr. Whitney finds scope for applying what he learned
at the Royal in St. Paul.
J. A. Snell, M.A., of Mount Forest, is well and likes
the Journal better than ever.
Rev. Malcolm McKinnon is ministering to the spiritual
needs of the inhabitants of Lorneville and neighborhood.
Fred Young’s law office can be seen in Grimsby. He
will be happy to conduct any Timmerman cases that may
arise.
W. B. Kaylor lias accepted a position as teacher in
Bath public school, and will not return to lectures this
session.
The best speech at the medical dinner was the one that
the Chief Justice was to have given but reserved for an-
other occasion.
Rev. P. A. McLeod, M.A., is settled at Sonya. He
wishes to be remembered to the boys, and Dame Rumor
whispers something more.
A. P. Chown, M.D. , ’90, after completing his course at
the Royal, has gone over to Edinburgh, ami is at present
prosecuting his studies there.
S. N. Davis has been delayed at home by the death of
a brother. Deep sympathy is felt for our fellow-student
and friend in this bereavement.
Tlie Meds. were much pleased to have amongst the
representatives from sister colleges at their dinner their
old friend F. Switzer. He came as delegate from Trinity
College.
We congratulate the following fortunate receivers of
substantial New Year gifts :
Rev. J. G. Potter, Merrickville, robe, fur coat and
cap; Rev. G. McArthur, Cardinal, a fine driving horse;
A. K. McLennan, from bis last summer parishioners, a
handsome fur coat.
We are pleased to learn that W. G. Bain, B.A., ’86,
has passed very creditably his Barrister- exams. He took
first place, having scored high all round, in one subject
making the maximum number of marks. He will go up
this month for his Attorney.
“One more unfortunate rashly importunate” has gone
to his rest. Ed. Horsey, M.D., ’89, completed himself
by taking as his partner Miss McDonald. His much-
frequented office may be seen in Owen .Sound, Congrat-
ulations, Ed. What about the cuke endowment ?
The class of ’87 is now well supplied with legal ad-
visers. W. A. Logic, M . A . , gold medalist in Classics,
has established himself at Hamilton ; John McEwen has
made Toronto his professional home, as also has J. J.
Maclennan, and W. J. Kidd has decided to practise his
profession in Ottawa.
That the Limestone City is not forgotten by our grad-
uates, is plainly shown by the number who took advant-
age of the Xmas Holidays to pay a short visit to their
friends Among others we noticed Angus Baiu, Will
Curl, E. J. Corkill, Thomas Henry Farrell, Billy Givens,
Frank King, John Mills, D Robertson, Alex. Ross, Jim
Smellie and Rev. R. J. Sturgeon.
If any subscriber falls to receive bis
Journal, we shall consider it a favour
if be informs us of tbe fact.
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eoi^espor<De is ee.
Vernon', B.C., 31st Dec., 1890.
Dear old Journal : — ,
Yon are always a welcome visitor in this far western
■country. Come as often as you can ; glad to see you.
Noticing that some have been giving you a few experi-
ences at “roughing it” in the west, would like, if
you don’t mind, to add a few :
Vernon is fifty miles from Sicamous, the nearest sta-
tion on the C. P.R. You can either drive through or take
the “ Red Star,” which plies between Sieatnous and
Euderby, twenty-five miles up the Spallumeheen River.
I came to. Vernon in March last, and in June left for
Winnipeg to bring out Mrs. L. and the wee parson.
When within a mile of Euderby my horse took fright
at a Klootchinan with a red shawl over her head, darted
into the ditch, which happened to be deep, threw me out.
and the lesult was a leg broken in two places, an ankle-
joint dislocated, and ligaments badly torn. Good-bye,
Winnipeg.
No. 2, time, six weeks later ; place, Okanagan Valley
twenty-five miles south of Vernon. -Was driving out on
Saturday to conduct service on Sabbath. When within
two miles of the house at which we were to stay over
night, the miserable horse (which, by the way, had
recently been purchased from a good Presbyterian
brother, and recommended as perfectly gentle) took a
notion to kick. In about three seconds one shaft was
broken and we were on our way down a bank so steep
that I was thrown clean out on the brute’s back. Mrs.
L. (brave little woman), clinging to the seat with one
hand and holding baby with the other, stayed in. We
were saved a ducking, perhaps drowning, by one wheel
bringing up against a tree just at the edge of the lake.
Scrambling up as best we could we set out to walk the
two miles. Mrs. L., with a badly sprained ankle, having
to carry baby, and your humble servant, with the aid of
crutches, bringing up the rear. “ The next thing is
something else,” so said the clown.
No 3, a snake story.— Mr. Wright, a brother mission-
ary at Lansdowne, and I were appointed to explore the
country about two hundred miles south of here with a
view to having a missionary sent in. Well, on the way
back we slept in a house near which rattle snakes were
said to be plentiful. About midnight Bro. W. gave me a
nudge in the ribs and said, “ Langill, I hear a rattle
snake.” Things began to be intei eating about that time.
However, listening intently for a little and hearing noth-
ing, I said, “Rats, man, you’re dreaming.” Presently,
however, I heard a peculiar noise and felt the pillow jar.
Things began to get interesting again. A “council of
war” was held, and the conclusion was that the invader
was under the floor, and so we went to sleep feeling per-
fectly safe. A few days ago I had word that his snake-
ship came out through a hole in the paper just at the
head of the bed in which we slept. Uncomfortably near,
wasn’t it ? ’
By the way, I forgot to tell you about a duel with a
large “rattler” on the way down that trip. However,
“Bluenose Muscle” made short work of him.
Oh, I must give you one of Bro. VV’s 1001 conundrums.
Tired with our two hundred mile ride, we used to bend
forward on the pommel of our saddle for a change. Once,
when doing this, W. said, “Langill, why are we like
Ireland ?” “Give it up.” “ Well, said he, because we
have a Dublin in the middle.”
Wishing you a prosperous New Year, and hoping to see
you often,
I remain, faithfully your old friend,
Paul E. Langill,
„ ,, “lauiw, uec. otn, isau.
Dear Professor Marshall : —
I know you will be pleased to learn that, after a year’s
profitable sojourn in England, my wife and I have
secured passage to Japan via the Suez. We leave
London (D. V.) on Christmas day per P. and O. Steamer
Valetta, which reaches Colombo January 20th. Here
we change ships, S.S. Bengal, landing us at Hong-Kong
on the 4th of February. Two days later we embark on a
Japanese .Steamer, which is due at Yokohama February
loth. J
The first six months of this year we devoted to evan-
gelistic work among the neglected masses of this vast
metropolis. We shall ever have reason to be thankful
for the valuable experience thus gained. Since July I
have been engaged in the head office of the C. 1. Mission,
and have here made many warm friends. For five happy
months we have resided at the China Inland Home—
“Inglesby House”— and have heartily enjoyed oirr stay.
On leaving Canada we stayed a day in New York, and
embarked for Glasgow per State of Nevada. ...Favored
with fine weather and a good passage, we landed at
Greenock January 12th. The few days we spent in
Glasgow and Edinburgh were full of delightful interest.
Regarding the latter place, truly the half had not been
told us. We next came to the metropolis, and in London
—with its din and its traffic and its fogs— we have lived
till the present. Here we have well improved our spare
time by visiting the numerous places of world-wide
IC1JU wu.
uaa ueeu sj-ki
jvulu is an euuca*
tion.” Certainly, we have received deep and lasting
benefit by availing ourselves of the many privileges of
this favoured city.
Upon one uninviting point I must touch and make
some little explanation. I regret that my graduating in
American Colleges last year aroused such unjust and un-
kind criticisms. I refrained from replying to the charges
made since the most serious of them were totally untrue.
The only degree granted me by the National University
was that of B.A., which I received after I had taken up
the subjects I omitted in Queen’s. I earned my M.A.—
the only parchment I have besides— by preparing for
Honor Examinations (of the Chicago College of Science)
which I passed to the satisfaction of the Council. I have
no official connection with either of these Institutions,
and. will not, as alleged, represent their interests in
Japan. I have but one object in going to that land and
that is to preach the Gospel.
Wishing you a very enjoyable holiday season.
Yours sincerely,
VV. H. Brokensiiire.
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GOJSTf?15UTeO.
THE PURPOSE OF EDUCATION.
It would seem that many students enter college with
the belief that their course of study will include all the
factors needful to turn them out educated men and
women. With this belief dominating their inclinations
and actions they steer clear of outside things, wise or
beautiful, as unnecessary impediments. Thus not a few
substitute a partial development for a full unfolding of
their capabilities. As a German writer puts it — “ The
whole end of education, or culture, can be obtained only
by developing the intellectual, ethical, economic and
(esthetic sides of life.” To college students there should
be no need to urge the developing of the first. Nor
should there be any need to urge the developing of the
second, unless in that subtle region which combines both
the ethical and esthetic.
When we come to the economic side there is more to
say than space in which to say it. If there is such a
necessity for man to study the resources of life that he
may find time to develop in other ways, it is also im-
portant that woman should give much thought to what
in her particular sphere specially affects her. The most
successful housekeeping is that in which the machinery
is never out of gear, and in which there is no friction.
To achieve this perfectly would require unlimited
memory, eyesight, energy and tact, but to make the
success of it that so many housekeepers do, often necessi-
tates the forfeiture of the (esthetic side of life. How
many women spend the hitter part of their lives hunger-
ing and thirsting after literature and the beautiful things
of life ; but hungering and thirsting in vain because
neither they nor others have developed the means of
economizing their time.
It is hoped that some of the advantages given in a
college course may be used directly or indirectly to this
end. It is hoped that the future influence of the lady
graduates will be to the lightening and the brightening
of womens’ lives in this respect.
Again, such is the hurry and scramble to keep pace
with others, to cover all the necessary ground of each
required class that many go blindly on through the years
between their initial and graduating day, ignoring so far
as possible the (esthetic and social sides of life. A due
and living sense of the beautiful in nature and art is such
an important factor in the make up of an educated man
or woman that it cannot be neglected without serious
loss. It unites refinement of one’s nature aud a delicate
regard for what is becoming in all one’s relations, con-
stituting the essence of taste in its widest sense. Taste
is that undefinable good which is as much the outcome of
many elements working within the individual as know-
ledge is the result of a wide range of facts. It is some-
thing we can recognize but cannot define. This is one of
the ultimate things of true development, and is not gain-
ed by the closest study of the curriculum alone.
But to this end there must be an economical arrange-
ment of daily life and a recognition of the fact that the
(esthetic is a real factor in education. To follow the best
ideals is to be passing daily the mileposts on the one
l'oad to success. For unless we can “rise on stepping-
stones of our deoil selves to higher things” day by day
on the special traits that makes the bias of the whole life,
we are not rounding our natures to that perfection of
which we are each' capable. An essential to this good
end is a good physique. Nature gives once the where-
withal to develop the physical nature. If the protectors
of our young days have given us that bequest unimpaired
when we arrived at years of discretion, it is largely our
faults if we are paying debts to nature in pain, wakeful-
ness, or any one of the thousand ills that follow an out-
rage of nature’s requirements. The first twinge of pain,
the first feeling of unexperienced languor, headache,
dizziness, etc, ought to be as a trumpet call to halt and
inspect our accounts with nature. Education was never
intended and is not expected to impair the physical well-
being of any individual. It fails in its aims if it does
this. During the university course the solid foundations
of all these parts should be laid. There the impetus
given to work on in the same lines through the practical
life that will be reached after the college days are past.
There’s the marble, there’s the chisel,
Take them, work them to thy will,
Thou alone eanst shape thy future,
Heaven give thee grace and skill.
*OUI? TABLE.*
JT&HE A rgo»y sends its subscribers a Christmas number
I very tastily made up sheet. The cover of this
special number is neat indeed. It ought to give the
Editors an idea of how much after all the appearance of a
thing contributes to our happiness in receiving it.
From the Metropolis of the Prairie Province comes the
,S7. John's College Magazine, fresh as the summer breeze
on those Canadian savannas
The King's College Record is among our exchanges.
Like most papers of the kind it has not yet reached a
very high degree of excellence. Some lively college news
and a joke column would prove a delightful sauce with
the goodly amount of dry matter the journal contains.
There is, however, a very marked improvement in the
present volume.
Knox College Monthly appears to be in a transitionary
state and will probably have left, for ever the college
which gave it birth, before our exchange Editor next
year has pointed his quill. Year after year since the
Monthly’s first appearance have we duly received aud
adopted its faithful report of the proceedings in the sister
college. Frequently it has been our pleasure to review
one or other of the many excellent articles found within
its covers. It has always been one of our best exchanges,
and has deserved all the attention we paid it. Under its
present management it has been especially worthy of our
praise, but we can no longer praise it as a College Maga-
zine, for it is not now the exponent of student life at
Knox, and, apart from its literary character, can have
little interest for students. We think it unfortunate
that it is so, but we hope that when the Monthly has
QUEEN’S COLLEGE JOURNAL.
stepped into the ranks of extra-mural literature, it will
be succeeded by a model College Journal.
In the December number of the Monthly we notice an
apology for capital punishment, written by the Rev. J.
McD. Duncan, of Tottenham. In treating the subject he
asks two questions : Firstly— Is the life of the murderer
justly forfeited ? Secondly— Is the state authorized to
take away the forfeited life ? His article is brief and to
the point, and he sums up his well-ordered arguments as
follows :
1. The teachings of the Bible and the opinions of man-
kind make clear the intention of God that the murderer
should be punished by death.
2. The state is the divinely appointed agent for carry-
ing on this clearly indicated intention of God.
In the same number we read with pleasure, “A Day
in Pompeii,” by .1, J. Elliott. The writer has not visited
the ruins of that ancient city for naught. He paints in
glowing colours the customs and manners of those
old Romans whose life of toil and pleasure was so rudely
interrupted on the fatal day eighteen centuries ago.
Again, “The Editor’s Book Shelf” has a deep interest
for us. The able review of “ The New Apologetic,” by
Dr. Watts, of Belfast, will be read with pleasure by
every fair-minded mail, interested in the “New Apolo-
getic” movement. The reviewer, while not undertaking
to defend the new Scottish School “against such eminent
and honoured men as Dr. Watts and Mr. Spurgeon,” yet
casts himself on the side of that school because of the
Christlike spirit it displays in marked contrast to its
opponents. He points out the design of the movement,
namely, “to redeem Theology from the abuses of the
church and to emphasize the spirituality of religion.” In
their attempt to do this they have merely done what
other epoch-making men have done before them— present-
ed an exaggeration of the truth they desired to inculcate.
Ihe Monthly is becoming a popular magazine.
We welcome Our Bulletin (a bi-monthly journal pub-
lished in Diew Theological Seminary, Madison, N.J.,) to
a place on our table. This magazine is in its first
volume, of which three numbers have already been
issued. Its appearance and tone bespeak for it a wide
circulation among those interested in the college. “ The
object of the paper,” says the Editor, “ is to keep the
alumni and friends of Drew Seminary informed of the
work and success of the institution and its graduates ”
This is the object of every college journal worthy of the
name. There surely are newspapers and magazines
enough outside college walls to discuss at length the
various scientific, philosophic and religious questions of
the day, and it is our conviction that such discussion
should not be conspicuous in a college paper. College
news is read with avidity by every student and graduate,
and nine-tenths of the subscribers read little more. We
welcome Our Bulletin , and all the more heartily because
it comes from a college where two of our graduates have
decided to pursue the study of Theology.
There are over 200 students attending Dalhousie. That
is of course counting both Law and Arts students.
De F031S JNORilisus.
A JUNIOR became so enthusiastic on election day
that he was quite sure he could drive a conveyance
containing some ladies to the polling booth. The con-
tract included the difficult task of turning corners.
Shortly afterwards lie was heard to murmur: “The
blamed rig got all twisted up, and we— we got upsot.”
Prof, in Senior Philosophy— Mr. B., read your essay
on Comte’s developemeut of knowledge.
Mr. B. starts in an undertone— 'Ihe subject whose
philosophy we shall discuss was horn in the year 1798.
His parents were of Roman Catholic extraction, and
reared their son on buckwheat pan-cakes and the Roman
Catholic faith, and—
Prof. — That will do.
Mr. B. resumes his seat amid showers of bouquets.
Professor of Senior History— During the Feudal System
the Gallican Clergy possessed many secular privileges,
one of which was exemption from paying tribute for the
support of civil government.
Mr. R— 11.— Professor, is that the reason why Clergy-
men and Professors are not obliged to do road work ?
D"~s- I don’t think Mill proves his point, and I doubt
if even I could.
Prof. — I doubt it, too.
Apologetics Classroom (student who has just been
asked a question by the Prof.) - We are paralyzed—
Prof. — Terrible confession, Mr. McLen-n.
THE WAIL OF THE SENIOR PHILOSOPHY CLASS.
, A hunting and fuming all day we go round,
And a blinking and thinking at night we are found,
Divide your ideas into parts, they declare,
Until you must stop— I am sure I got there.
CHORUS.
Space, space, space,
Till my head is nearly cracked,
Space, space, space,
Till my brains are totally racked,
Space, space, space,
What it means I can’t make out,
Space, space, SPACE,
What is it he’s talking about?
There ! Get your corpuscles and lay them out straight,
Be sure that not one of them comes in too late,
Then let your eye quickly from end to end flee',
And the Prof’s everlasting red desk you will see.
Chorus.
Now they say of atoms that desk is composed,
And each poor little atom with color is closed,
Does the man think to stuff us with such crazy tales,
When we know the desk’s made of boards and of
nails.
Chorus.
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THE FRESHMAN'S ROMANCE.
He was a Freshman bold of cheeky mien,
His features seemed to savour much of gall,
His freshness in the college walls was seen
And marked by all.
The senior’s eagle eye descried his game,
The sheriff did his duty like a man,
Before the Ancient Court the freshie came
To hear its ban
High on a four-legged stool the culprit sat,
His learned counsel made a skilled defence,
But little did the .Jury care for that,
They had more sense.
The Jury then retired, but soon returned,
“ Guilty,” their verdict was with one accord,
The foreman said, then to the judge he turned,
“ Ahem ! My Lord,
We were not captured by his voice so rich,
Nor by his lovely face so fresh and young,
But by the sweet dexterity with which
His slang he slung.”
Then quickly from his seat the Judge arose,
“ Young man,” he said, “ I’m grieved at your offence,
You’re young, iand now, as we this court must close,
I fine you fifty cents.”
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—It is the briefest legible system extant.
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afterwards a feature which no other system can boast of.
6. No one who has mastered its principles has given it up for another
system, while numbers have abandoned the Pitman systems and
use Everett s. 3
7.- N0 need of a teacher, simply procure a text hook and learn
system yourself during the holidays.
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The hoy stood in those awful halls,
While all but he did quake,
He had a most tremendous gall,
That did him ne’er forsake.
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Classifying essays in Philosophy is a rank job.— [Prof
Dy-e.
HaPdiJ’g One price j&ore.
I have heard that there are three Graces, but there is
only one Grace for me.— [G. F. MaeD-ell.
Let us trace the Antediluvian or Adamic for Shortt
[C. McN-b.
Why don’t the Secretary of the A.M.S. put up notices
of meetings that can be seen? — [The Students.
We have a good hockey team. —[Guy Curtis.
Oh, not too bad. — [R, Finlayson.
The profs, don’t seem to appreciate my reasoning. [J.
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